Linton McGee Collins

Judge Linton McGee Collins

Personal

Birthday:

6/21/1902

Birthplace:

Reidsville, GA

Date of Death:

4/12/1972

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Teacher, Lanier High School, Macon, Georgia, 1922-1924
Teacher, Columbia [South Carolina] High School, 1924-1925
Private practice, Tampa, Florida, 1925-1926
Private practice, Miami, Florida, 1926-1933
Professor, University of Miami, 1930-1932
Personnel director and division administrator, National Recovery Administration, 1933-1935
U.S. Department of Justice, 1935-1944; first assistant to the deputy attorney general, 1935; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1935-1944
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1944-1964

Education

Name of School:

Mercer University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1921

Name of School - Second:

Mercer University

Degree - Second:

M.A.

Degree Year - Second:

1922

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Court of Claims

Court Name:

United States Court of Federal Claims

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

9/18/1964

Termination Date:

4/12/1972

Termination Reason:

Death